Close Encounter503 viewsThe planetary nebulae Abell 6 and HFG1 are less than 40 arcmins apart but they couldn't be more different - very much "little and large". Due to the rapid motion of HFG1 this chance encounter won't last long - well on galactic time sales that is! David R.

Huge Friendly Giant HFG1 525 viewsAs planetary nebulae go this one is huge so its name surely stands for Huge Friendly Giant 1. But no - it is named after its discoverers Heckathorn, Fesen & Gull. The central star is V664 Cas which is a pre-cataclysmic binary system with an orbital period of 14 hours. David R